PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA) AWS Aurora(Only W2 Resources)

Summary: The role is for a PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA) specializing in AWS Aurora, requiring extensive experience in database administration and performance tuning. The position is remote but is associated with Northern California, and it emphasizes collaboration with DevOps teams for CI/CD pipeline implementation. Candidates must have a strong background in PostgreSQL and AWS Aurora, with a focus on high availability and disaster recovery architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create data structures such as tables, views, and schemas based on technical specifications.
• Develop and maintain stored procedures, triggers, and functions to support application logic.
• Implement authorization-level security using PostgreSQL roles and privileges.
• Maintain compliance with organizational and regulatory data protection standards.
• Implement physical performance optimizations through indexes, partitions, and materialized views.
• Conduct logical performance tuning through SQL optimization and query analysis.
• Configure and tune AWS Aurora performance and scalability features to ensure efficient database operation.
• Identify and implement PostgreSQL and AWS cost optimization opportunities.
• Design and implement high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) architectures leveraging AWS Aurora features.
• Conduct cross-environment data cloning and synchronization.
• Work with DevOps teams to implement PostgreSQL CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and versioning.
• Develop code generators to automate recurring administration tasks using PostgreSQL metadata tables.
• Define and enforce PostgreSQL best practices including deployment processes, performance baselines, and security standards.
• Document architectures, procedures, and data models using Confluence and Lucidchart.

Key Skills:

• 5+ years of experience administering PostgreSQL databases.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience administering AWS Aurora PostgreSQL.
• 4+ years performing physical and logical performance tuning for PostgreSQL.
• Proven experience implementing AWS Aurora high availability features.
• Demonstrated ability to work with DevOps teams to design and deploy PostgreSQL CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience developing PostgreSQL code generators using metadata tables.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT